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India’s national sport has been rocked by fresh controversy after a member of the women’s national field hockey team complained to the sport’s leading body about alleged sexual harassment by the coaching staff.

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Members of the national women hockey team wear black bands as a mark of protest against the delay in payment of their dues during a practice session in Bhopal on January 21, 2010.

Narinder Batra, the secretary general of Hockey India – the sport’s governing body here — told India Real Time Wednesday that a videographer for the Indian women’s hockey team was sacked following allegations of sexual exploitation against him, chief coach M. K. Kaushik and other members of the support staff.

Mr. Batra explained that the decision was taken by Hockey India’s four-member panel constituted after a national team player, Ranjitha Devi, accused the entire backroom staff of pressurizing team members for sexual favors. Read More »

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